Chapter 3744: Enhancement and Goal
Upon seeing the content of the talent awakening mission, Su Xiao confirmed one thing: ascending to the Absolute Tier was only the beginning; what he would face next would be even more perilous.
The mission content was relatively straightforward—he only needed to eliminate three of the four giants of the Lightless Temple. The problem was that the strength of the four giants of the Lightless Temple was too great.
Currently, the seal had not yet been activated, and the four giants of the Lightless Temple were still at the Supreme Tier. Even if the combat power of this world were pushed to the limit and suppressed to the Absolute Tier, the four giants of the Lightless Temple would absolutely be the most top-tier among Absolute Tier combatants.
Before dealing with the four giants of the Lightless Temple, Su Xiao needed to complete the enhancement of his own strength. After sitting on the wide stone chair and meditating for a while, his aura after ascending to the Absolute Tier stabilized, and the unique abilities of the Absolute Tier became viewable.
Opening his skill list, he discovered that this ability was actually on the second page of the list, and it occupied an entire page by itself. This page of the skill list was covered in a strange pattern, the color of which was identical to the one he had obtained previously. He checked the ability.
【Absolute One, x】
Soul of Strength: Current real Strength attribute permanently increased by 5%.
Soul of Agility: Current real Agility attribute permanently increased by 5%.
Soul of Stamina: Current real Stamina attribute permanently increased by 5%.
Soul of Intelligence: Current real Intelligence attribute permanently increased by 5%.
Soul of Charm: Current real Charm attribute permanently increased by 5%.
Power of Secret Arts: Current Strength, Agility, Stamina, and Intelligence attributes permanently increased by 5%.
Power of Potential: Obtain corresponding enhancements based on the characteristics of the Source Essence.
【Hint: This ability cannot increase skill levels by any means, but the characteristics derived from this ability can be strengthened through consumption.】
【Hint: This ability cannot trigger the bonuses brought by a Perfect Physique.】
Although the level of this ability could not be increased, each of its attributes could be strengthened individually. For example, as long as one used 【Source Essence】 to strengthen this characteristic, Su Xiao's real Strength attribute would increase by a 5% ratio.
Because of the characteristics of 【Source Essence】, the higher the user's base physical attributes, the greater the effect a single portion could exert.
It was just like this: strong when meeting the strong, weak when meeting the weak. How high a physical attribute could be increased depended mainly on whether one's own attributes in this area could withstand it.
100 points of real Stamina attribute using one portion could increase Stamina by 15 points, while 40 points of Stamina attribute using one portion, because the self-bearing capacity had increased and it could better absorb the 【Source Essence】, could increase Stamina by 17 points.
This was also the reason why it could increase physical attributes by a percentage; its sufficiently stable range was 5%.
Of course, there were exceptions. For example, a guy who had absorbed 11 portions of Primordial Power to ascend to the Absolute Tier—this kind of Absolute Tier had extraordinary physical adaptability, so he could let his own four physical potentials of Strength, Agility, Stamina, and Intelligence absorb one portion simultaneously, thereby bringing about a 5% permanent growth for each.
That's right, this was the 【Absolute One】 ability Su Xiao obtained by ascending to the Absolute Tier through 11 pieces of 【Source Essence】.
【Absolute One】 abilities could be roughly divided into three types. The first type was not using 【Source Essence】 to ascend to the Absolute Tier; this kind of ability could only be used to increase one attribute, and each portion could only reach a 5% increase.
An Absolute Tier who ascended relying on five pieces of 【Source Essence】, their ability was 【Absolute One】, which could increase the five main attributes of Strength, Agility, Stamina, Intelligence, and Charm, but each portion could only increase one attribute at a time. Besides this, this type of Absolute Tier could also use 【Special Source Essence】.
This kind of Absolute Tier enhancement was already very intuitive, but compared to the 【Absolute One】 ability Su Xiao obtained, it was much inferior. The most intuitive gap was that one portion Su Xiao obtained was equal to four portions obtained by this type of Absolute Tier, equivalent to the worst Absolute Tier obtaining ten portions.
Do Absolute Tiers have extremely high physical attributes? Actually, that's not the case. Having the ability is one thing, and being able to get 【Source Essence】 is another. Without 【Source Essence】, this ability is just a display; it doesn't even increase the initial 1 point of physical attribute.
A more intuitive way to put it is that the total amount of 【Source Essence】 in each world has an upper limit. Like the Feng Hai Continent, Witch World, and Meteorite Star, these transcendent native worlds, the 【Source Essence】 stored in them had long been absorbed by the powerhouses of those worlds.
And even if you killed them, you couldn't directly obtain 【Source Essence】. These 【Source Essence】 would be ingested by the world first due to the world's system, then reset their characteristics through world power, and finally, those ownerless 【Source Essence】 would randomly appear somewhere in that world.
People from the Paradise faction, after obtaining 【Source Essence】 from a certain world, it is first notarized by the Paradise faction. After the person who absorbed this portion dies, under the notarization of the Paradise faction, this portion of 【Source Essence】 will return to the world where it belongs.
Regarding the price judgment of 750 ounces of Space-Time Power given by Reincarnation Paradise for one portion of 【Source Essence】, this can basically be ignored. It's just like the Eternal-grade equipment 【Gravity Ring】 Su Xiao obtained previously, which had a marked selling price of 8500 Soul Coins.
How exactly this was judged, Su Xiao didn't know, but he could be sure that no one would choose to sell Eternal-grade equipment to Reincarnation Paradise at such a price. If anyone performed such an operation, they would have to be on the 【Idiot List】.
How rare 【Source Essence】 is can be imagined, but when completing the bounty for the Apostle Game this time, Su Xiao obtained two portions. He didn't feel much before, but now it seems this was because he was in the Eternal Light World.
More precisely, it was Su Xiao's advantage as a Law-Destroyer in the Eternal Light World. The Eternal Light World definitely had a corresponding amount of 【Source Essence】, and these must have been absorbed by the previous generation of Law-Destroyers. In addition, one had to ensure one point: not to let the World-Extinguishing existences and Abyss-nourished creatures in this world have the opportunity to swallow the 【Source Essence】 in this world, so as to avoid their power further increasing, or even exceeding a certain limit, and escaping from here.
This kind of restraint should be set in the space seal of this world. After the previous generation of Law-Destroyers all died, and the World-Extinguishing existences and Abyss-nourished creatures were contained and unable to swallow the 【Source Essence】 of this world, a lot of 【Source Essence】 had accumulated in the Eternal Light World.
The bounty Su Xiao completed was more like an opportunity, and because of this, he obtained two portions at once.
Thinking about it this way, the 【Source Essence】 sold for 50 ounces per portion in the Honor Store is simply too cheap. It's no wonder that every time the Honor Store refreshes, the inventory is cleared instantly.
Source Essence can be divided into two types: 【Source Essence】 and 【Special Source Essence】. Among them, 【Source Essence】 is more common and more sought after.
And 【Special Source Essence】, this type of source essence has various characteristics. For example, 【Light Source Essence】, this is a type of source essence that can increase light-attribute attack intensity, light-attribute resistance, and light-type abilities. One can absorb this type of source essence by relying on the 【Absolute One】 ability.
Compared to 【Source Essence】, 【Special Source Essence】 is still relatively common at the Absolute Tier level because this type of source essence does not come from a certain world, but is more like a derivative of Abyss power or elemental power.
A 【Special Source Essence】 that is sufficiently suitable for oneself is no less valuable than 【Source Essence】.
Su Xiao's four main attributes had just increased to around 60 points. The 60-point increase in physical attributes gave him a feeling of being unable to control his own strength, speed, etc., and he needed to adapt for a while before he could engage in high-intensity combat.
At this moment, since he needed to adapt, he might as well increase it again. Su Xiao took out a portion of 【Source Essence】. This thing was sealed in translucent resin. He crushed it with one hand, and a colorless energy spread out. Just as it entered his arm, it turned into light blue due to his Law-Destroyer characteristics.
These source essence energies entered all parts of Su Xiao's body and were absorbed by his body. Compared to using an attribute enhancement chamber to increase attributes, this feeling was more intense, belonging to the kind where one might lose control if not careful. In contrast, a spring-like, nourishing energy emerged in all parts of Su Xiao's body, causing his physique to increase rapidly.
Su Xiao meditated to keep his aura stable. One of the biggest changes after ascending to the Absolute Tier was having the qualification to absorb 【Source Essence】. A physique below the Absolute Tier would surely die if it dared to absorb it, although some 【Special Source Essence】 still had a slight possibility.
When Su Xiao successfully absorbed one portion, he discovered one thing: compared to using real attribute points to increase himself, every time he absorbed through the 【Absolute One】 ability, there was a slight sense of instability. There were two ways to solve this. The first was to rely on time to slowly calm it down. It would take about half a year to a year for this sense of instability to disappear.
For an Absolute Tier, half a year to a year is not long, but for Su Xiao, this time was a bit long.
The cost of the second method was very high, which was to absorb the Primordial Power in 【Source Essence】 to stabilize the physique that had just been enhanced. Su Xiao only had one piece now, so to save some resources, he decided to use both portions.
He crushed another portion of 【Source Essence】 sealed by World Tree resin and used it to strengthen again. A few hours later, when the enhancement was completed, he checked the 【Absolute One】 ability and temporarily moved the characteristics he didn't need down in the list, simplifying the ability information to:
【Absolute One, x】
Power of Secret Arts: Current Strength, Agility, Stamina, and Intelligence permanently increased by 5%.
Power of Potential: Obtain corresponding enhancements based on the characteristics of the Source Essence.
Taking out the only piece of 【Source Essence】, Su Xiao used it. A stream of Primordial Power emerged from it, making one feel comfortable all over. Although it didn't increase his physique at all, it made his physique more stable. The sense of loss of control over strength caused by increasing physical qualities soon vanished without a trace.
Unknowingly, only the residue of the 【Source Essence】 remained in his hand. These crystal fragments fell between his fingers and dissipated into the air before they even hit the ground.
Su Xiao suddenly knew why the difficulty of his talent awakening mission this time was so outrageous. Besides his own strength, it was also because two portions of 【Source Essence】, as well as 11 points of 【Source Essence】, were included in the judgment.
This meant that after he converted these resources into strength, plus the 【Lightless Temple】 that was about to open, he was qualified to clash with the four giants of the Lightless Temple.
With Su Xiao's physical attributes just now, absorbing one portion could increase Strength and Agility attributes by 18 points, etc. With his world settlement after ascending to the Absolute Tier, one world progress could roughly obtain 70~85 real attribute points, that is, each of the four main attributes increased by about 1 point.
Calculated this way, the enhancement obtained from one portion of 【Source Essence】 was slightly weaker than the attribute point gain of one world progress. It was just a pity that there was no stable way to obtain it, and the real attribute points of each world were more stable, and every time he used 【Source Essence】, he had to pair it with a piece of 【Source Essence】.
This made Su Xiao, who was a master of three techniques, whose resources were already not rich, even worse off.
Su Xiao even suspected that the main use of the 【Absolute One】 ability was to absorb those 【Special Source Essence】 suitable for himself. Absorbing 【Special Source Essence】 did not require stabilization.
Su Xiao checked his own data at this time:
Health: 100%.
Mana: 96698 points.
Real Strength: 97 points.
Real Agility: 95 points.
Real Stamina: 96 points.
Real Intelligence: 95 points.
Charm: -1 point.
Surging power seemed to be rushing in his body. Su Xiao made a gesture to clench his fist with one hand. Before his fist was even clenched, his five fingers pulled the space like cloth, cupped at the fingertips of each finger. As his hand clenched, the surrounding space was pulled and creaked. This was the purest physical strength, the strength he had accumulated until now.
However, compared to the enhancement of his own physique, Su Xiao wanted to know more: when he checked just now, the Charm attribute was still -0 points. How long had it been, and why had it slipped by 1 point?
Ignoring this point, Su Xiao began to use 【Original Skill Points】 to upgrade. As for why he didn't upgrade this ability first to give himself higher physical attributes before using 【Original Skill Points】, it was because there was still potential in other aspects, but only in terms of increasing attribute points, he could no longer climb. This might be related to the bonus of 【Source Essence】. Any ability would not appear to be enhanced for no reason.
Just after adding 1 point to 【Dominator's Power】, Su Xiao, whose full attributes were all close to 400, went dark before his eyes. When he woke up again, an hour had passed, and the Dark Lady was sitting on the side.
【Ultimate · Basic Passive · Dominator's Power, x.】
Skill effect: Increase 00000 points of Health, all attributes +0 points, exempt 0% physical damage, exempt 0% energy damage, all potential upper limit tiers +8, all technique ability level upper limits +8.
This was just one point. Su Xiao checked the remaining 10 points and had already decided in his heart not to use this thing on Law-Destroyer abilities. The feeling that the beautiful day just now came to an abrupt end was really too familiar.
Suddenly, Su Xiao thought of a question: were these ability templates left by the previous generation of Law-Destroyers versions they had once improved? That's why the mastery risk was so high, and why they were so strong after mastery.
Just thinking about it felt a bit outrageous. How could there be career system abilities where eight out of ten, just after mastery, were at the highest level x? Other inheritance systems were all lv. 1 after mastering an ability, and then gradually increased.
This kind of ability that was lv. 1 after mastery was extremely rare in the Law-Destroyer system, only 【Soul-Devouring Core】 and 【Spirit Shadow Physique】 had two abilities.
Compared to being surprised at the generosity of the previous generation of Law-Destroyers to their juniors, Su Xiao was more curious about how they did it. The structures of these extremely enhanced ability templates were all exceptionally complex. Turning his thoughts, Su Xiao thought of the Awakening Stele.
That's right, it must be the characteristics of the Awakening Stele. Before obtaining the Awakening Stele, the Law-Destroyer abilities Su Xiao mastered were generally initial level x, and he subsequently used multiple Golden Skill Points to increase them to x, such as 【Soul-Devouring Core】, such as 【Spirit Shadow Physique】, etc.
And the 【Blade of the World】, 【Soul-Severing Shadow】, etc., mastered on the Awakening Stele were all initial x.
This gave Su Xiao an extremely bold idea: is the material of the Awakening Stele just a super large piece of 【Source Essence】? It's just that the concentration of Primordial Power contained is lower compared to 【Source Essence】.
If the concentration of Primordial Power in 【Source Essence】 is 1000, the concentration of Primordial Power in the Awakening Stele is around 100~150, it's just that the quantity is super large. This kind of diluted Primordial Power, of course, cannot be used to ascend to the Absolute Tier, but it is more than enough to have a better effect when mastering abilities.
Another point is that because the Awakening Stele has been notarized, except when mastering the abilities on it, it is impossible to release Primordial Power from it by any means. Thinking about it this way, the Awakening Stele is really a good thing. If it weren't for such restrictions, its value in notarization would reach an exceptionally exaggerated degree.
For the remaining 10 points, Su Xiao prepared to do something ruthless. Otherwise, even if he had just ascended to the Absolute Tier, even in a one-on-one, it would be impossible to defeat any one of the four giants of the Lightless Temple.
Su Xiao took out the potion that nourishes life force and drank it in one gulp, then he used 6 points to upgrade 【Sword Technique Master】!
When Su Xiao woke up again, he found himself lying on a small wooden bed. The Dark Lady on the side was holding his right hand with both hands, and the cool healing ability was slowly entering his arm.
"How long has it been?"
Su Xiao sat up. Hearing this, the Dark Lady replied with a gloomy gaze: "A quarter of an hour."
A quarter of an hour in the Eternal Light World is about an hour and a half. As for why the Dark Lady had such a gaze, thinking about it, it was also because the Gray Dark Sanctuary had finally had a Law-Destroyer, but the other party almost died because of it when upgrading abilities.
Su Xiao got up on the small wooden bed. He had already decided that within the next 5 days, he would not use the remaining 4 Original Skill Points. He checked the upgraded 【Sword Technique Master】.
【Sword Technique Master: lv. 8】
Skill effect: Blade weapon damage tier +54, blade weapon slashing power judgment tier +54.
Basic effect: Immune to mental and psychic control.
lv. 10 ultimate ability: Blade's Extreme...
lv. 80 ultimate ability: Extreme Blade · World: Instantly expand, instantly causing 5% real slashing damage of maximum health to enemy targets within 40 meters centered on you.
Sword Technique Domain unique effect · Domain Breaking: The moment this ability expands, if you are in another domain, it will instantly destroy this domain.
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Hint: This Domain Breaking characteristic has high priority.
Hint: After completing one release of this ability, it must be at least 10 minutes apart before it can be used again...
Seeing the current strength of 【Sword Technique Master】, Su Xiao had a feeling that the biggest possibility that he could defeat Dean Guya back then was that the other party was old and no longer as strong as a peak Absolute Tier, and that the other party was worried, worried that once Su Xiao was killed, the three Original Sin items would be linked to the cause and effect of the Arcane Eternal Star.
Su Xiao sending Original Sin items to the Arcane Eternal Star and killing Su Xiao to become the holder of these Original Sin items were not the same concept. The former, the Arcane Eternal Star could still solve, because Su Xiao, the holder of the Original Sin items, was still alive; the latter could only become the holder of these Original Sin items.
Because his strength was not at his peak and because of his worries, Dean Guya died in the end. Fortunately, he didn't choose Serphilia back then, as the other party was at her peak stage.
What is the concept of Su Xiao's 【Sword Technique Master】 right now? After 【Sword Technique Master】 is upgraded to lv. 80, the gain of upgrading one level is: blade weapon damage tier +, blade weapon slashing power judgment tier +.
After mastering 【Blade's Extreme】, after increasing the upgrade cost by 50%, the gain of 【Sword Technique Master】 becomes blade weapon damage tier +, blade weapon slashing power judgment tier +.
The enhancement used this time is equivalent to 【Sword Technique Master】 upgrading 10 levels under extreme enhancement conditions. In fact, this is not the strongest point. The strongest point is that the current 【Sword Technique Master】 is still lv. 8, which means there is more room for subsequent improvement.
This enhancement seems outrageous, but it is precisely because of this astonishing strength that Su Xiao pursues the Absolute Tier level. If the Absolute Tier didn't have such means, how could it transcend the Ninth Tier?
Su Xiao, whose full attributes had reached nearly 400 points, originally only had a 0.5% chance to deal with one of the four giants of the Lightless Temple. Now, the winning percentage has increased to 20%. Although it is still not optimistic, at least there is a chance of winning.
Just out of the single room, Su Xiao heard Amu's snoring. This time challenging the Watcher's Gao Ta, Amu gained the most. In the two gourmet tests, it ate gain-type gourmet food equivalent to the Absolute Tier's food intake in endless gourmet food. Later, when it reached the gluttony test, it ate until the floor master kicked it out.
This led to a significant increase in Amu's physical attributes. At this time, it was sleeping soundly, which was because of this point. Thinking about it, it wouldn't be able to wake up in a short time.
Continuing forward, Su Xiao heard the burning sound of the forging furnace. He came to the workshop on the inner side and found the Molten Giant sitting there with a dazed look, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Hmm~, I miss the fruits of the Eternal Dark Tree."
"..."
Hearing this, Su Xiao recalled, and he really hadn't heard of the Eternal Dark Tree.
"Bai Ye, you're here. Is there anything?"
Su Xiao took out 【Night of Wild Hunt】 and 【Ember Fire】 and placed them on the workbench. Seeing these two items, the Molten Giant was in a dilemma for a while. Finally, he nodded, indicating that he had a way to use 【Ember Fire】 to enhance 【Night of Wild Hunt】. Regarding armor, the Molten Giant was the most proficient among the three legendary blacksmiths.
After leaving these two items, Su Xiao came to a circular stone platform against the wall. This stone platform was about 0 centimeters high. One could sit on it or lie on it. There were two steps against the wall on both sides. He took out the 【Cold Prayer Rune】 and used it here.
The fluctuation emitted by this rune had a bit of coolness. Sitting here after being injured, this coolness could relieve the pain of the wound, and the recovery area brought by the rune could gradually heal the injury. The Dark Lady did have healing abilities, but those were dark-type healing abilities. Unless it was a last resort, try not to use dark-type healing abilities.
The Dark Lady not far away saw this recovery point and had already decided that if she was injured again in the future, she would recover here.
The Dark Lady was sitting quietly in front of a seat next to the wall. In front of her was a small circular stone table, and opposite was a stone chair with a backrest. Su Xiao sat down here.
"Congratulations, Lord Law-Destroyer, you have passed the test of the Watcher's Gao Ta. Please accept this gift."
The Dark Lady took out a parchment map from the drawer of the stone table and placed it on the stone table.
【You have obtained the Treasure Vault Map.】
Su Xiao took out the Watcher's map and compared it with this treasure vault map, finding that this was a treasure vault located in the Wet Salt Area on the west side. It is worth mentioning that Zuiyas suspected that the entrance to the Monarch's Treasure was in the Wet Salt Area.
The range of the Wet Salt Area is very large. Fortunately, Station No. 8 of Iron Black City can reach the edge area of the Wet Salt Area, which can save a lot of time spent on the road.
With Su Xiao's current situation, of course, it is not suitable to clash directly with the Lightless Temple. He needs to find a place to stabilize his own abilities and adapt to the extent of his own strength increase through combat.
After learning Su Xiao's thoughts, the Dark Lady's translucent crystal fingers pointed at the Corroding Rain Area and said: "Lord Law-Destroyer, there is an ancient ruin underground here, and there are many powerful alien demons inside."
After speaking, the Dark Lady pointed her finger at the Barren Desert: "There are many Abyss-nourished creatures in the Sea of Sand that need to be cleared, but please do not approach the Purgatory Nightmare at the very center of the Sea of Sand."
After that, the Dark Lady pointed her finger at the Wet Salt Area: "The Extremely Dark Castle in the Wet Salt Area is also fine, but there is a dark seal there, and you can only eliminate dark creatures on the outside."
Hearing the Extremely Dark Castle, Su Xiao suddenly remembered that he had accidentally opened a seal when he went to the Law-Destroyer Treasure Vault before. Thinking of this, he flipped through the hint records and found the hint at that time:
【Hint: You have lifted the dark seal...】
【Killing all enemies in the Extremely Dark Castle can obtain Precipitated Glaze, as well as unique products of this area.】
【Warning: You must reach the Absolute Tier to explore this area.】
【Hint: This area is extremely dangerous, but it belongs to a super high-yield area.】
This is a good place to go. It has high returns and doesn't delay finding the Monarch's Treasure. This Extremely Dark Castle is in the Wet Salt Area. Although this place is dangerous, you can find 'good teammates' to go together. Zuiyas and Wood's survivability has long exceeded the Ninth Tier.
Among them, Zuiyas's strength climbed at an incredible speed. However, one point is that the Ancient God system passed the super-fast improvement period from the Eighth Tier to the Absolute Tier. After reaching the Absolute Tier, improvement is exceptionally difficult. This is the price.
The reason why Zuiyas didn't ascend to the Absolute Tier was because he didn't have enough 【Source Essence】. As for the instability of the foundation, the Ancient God system didn't have this concept. Zuiyas needed 8 pieces of 【Source Essence】 to ascend to the Absolute Tier. From this, one can see that although the Ancient God system improves quickly, the later the stage, the greater the price.
Zuiyas lacking 【Source Essence】 is not a problem. Go to the Extremely Dark Castle to get enough Precipitated Glaze, and then give the Precipitated Glaze to Su Xiao. Su Xiao can exchange for 【Source Essence】 through the Abyss Store. 9 pieces of Precipitated Glaze exchange for one piece of 【Source Essence】. This is the advantage after the exchange price is reduced by 40%.
Su Xiao posted this plan in the team channel. Zuiyas and Wood were initially hesitant due to the danger of the Extremely Dark Castle, but after seeing the second half, Precipitated Glaze and 【Source Essence】, the friendship in their hearts soared. Compared to Wood, the more shameless Zuiyas directly said, as a brother, how could he let Su Xiao go to the Extremely Dark Castle alone?
Su Xiao also hoped that Zuiyas would ascend to the Absolute Tier as soon as possible. The three of them now had a common enemy, which was the four giants of the Lightless Temple who were competing with them for the Monarch's Treasure. With the survivability Zuiyas showed at this time, if the other party ascended to the Absolute Tier, let alone the enemy, Su Xiao, this teammate, felt that Zuiyas's immortality was really outrageous.
And Wood, even if he didn't ascend to the Absolute Tier, his means could not be underestimated.
Besides the two 'good teammates', Su Xiao also had other helpers, which was Solomon. However, Solomon was currently busy ascending. After the other party completed the ascension and his strength became stronger, he would naturally contact Su Xiao.
Just at this time, a hint from the Void Tree appeared.
【Hint: It is about to open.】
Seeing this hint, the center of Su Xiao's pupils showed a bit of blood red due to the blood energy. This meant that the hunt in the Eternal Light World had begun! ===== CHAPTER 3745 =====
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